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Laura Oakes' One Cool Thing: "Happy Birthday Janis"

Jan Mikelson
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By Laura Oakes , 830 WCCO
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This week, Laura brings you to a classic concert venue in downtown Minneapolis, for a lot of classic Rock & Roll women!

RELATED: See all of our "One Cool Thing" stories here.

Q: Laura's here with her One Cool Thing for this weekend...other than the Vikings game, what else should people check out this weekend?

Jill Mikelson
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A: Yes. The show is actually called "Inspired Women of Rock" and includes others performing songs by the artists who inspired Janis Joplin....Nina Simone, Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin. And the opener, Mae Simpson and her band won the City Pages Reader's Choice award for Best New Band of 2019. She too is one of those vocal powerhouses making quite a name for herself these days.

Q: Ticket info?

Jan Mikelson
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